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iamthebandfanman

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Wed May-14-08 04:04 PM
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STOP IT(please?)

stop comparing the primary race to a sports game.

its not one.

way to trivialize something so important.

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Texasgal

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Wed May-14-08 04:04 PM
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1. ???

Care to expound?

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DJ13

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Wed May-14-08 04:06 PM
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2. Score is 120 to 98, Hillary is trying for a 3 pointer with 6 seconds left

You mean like that?

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iamthebandfanman

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Wed May-14-08 04:12 PM
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8. yeah, i just heard her make the analogy

in this cnn interview with her they keep talking about...

not the first time shes done it either...

btw, i dont like it when anybody does it... not just her..

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niyad

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Wed May-14-08 04:06 PM
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3. not just here on DU-- I have complained several times to cnn about "ballot bowl 08"

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Doityourself

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Wed May-14-08 04:06 PM
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4. que?

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BayouBengal07

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Wed May-14-08 04:08 PM
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5. Can we still call it a "race"?

Edited on Wed May-14-08 04:08 PM by BayouBengal07

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iamthebandfanman

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Wed May-14-08 04:15 PM
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13. i dont think 'race' implies sports, sorry.n/t

Edited on Wed May-14-08 04:15 PM by iamthebandfanman

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RichardRay

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Wed May-14-08 04:09 PM
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6. Comparison != Analogy != Metaphor

I sort of doubt anyone is actaully comparing the primary race to a sporting event...

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panader0

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Wed May-14-08 04:12 PM
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7. Just don't mix those metaphors

"We gotta get the ship of state back on it's feet."

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iamthebandfanman

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Wed May-14-08 04:14 PM
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11. its a bad one.

no matter what you call it.

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JuniperLea

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Wed May-14-08 04:14 PM
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12. Ya know...

Sometimes, especially in heated times like this, it's probably best to just go with the flow. We all understood what the OP meant... grammar police are so passé... just saying.

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RichardRay

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Wed May-14-08 04:57 PM
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17. Actually, I didn't understand what the OP meant.

so I indicated that things I've seen posted recently don't equal each other. If that's being the 'grammar police' then I'm guilty. It's no more correct to use the wrong word than it is to claim that 2 + 2 = 5.

You may feel it's a distinction without a difference - I don't.

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JuniperLea

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Wed May-14-08 04:12 PM
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9. Even when some don't use an overt sports analogy...

Some still have the "Yay Team" mentality... neener neener... the Dodgers(Obama) beat the crap out of the Mets (Clinton)... neener neener...

I doubt they really give a flying rat's ass... they just want to be on a winning team. Band wagon fans.

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BlooInBloo

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Wed May-14-08 04:13 PM
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10. Heh. Race. Fail.

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H2O Man

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Wed May-14-08 04:21 PM
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14. It doesn't really

trivialize boxing.

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muriel_volestrangler

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Wed May-14-08 04:29 PM
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15. "Football is not a matter of life and death -

it's more important than that."

Bill Shankly, former Liverpool Football Club manager.

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H2O Man

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Wed May-14-08 04:30 PM
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16. Football is violent!

But so isn't politics.

Boxing, on the other hand .....

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QueenOfCalifornia

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Wed May-14-08 05:10 PM
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18. suggestion

do you care enough to stop posting the stop it posts?

What kind of analogy would you like? (Me I am analogy free)

Let's compare this political stuff to curing cancer. That ought to work. We all think politics is important or we would be looking at internet porn or gambling on line.

Does it really hurt anyone to use a sports analogy? :shrug:

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